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Of course. Mayòt grew up as a servant at the woman's house. They beat her. They mistreated her. They abused her. One day Mayòt ran away. And since then she's been sleeping in the streets. (...it's in the streets she sleeps literally)

Siye bèk atè or siye bouch atè (lit. wipe your mouth on the floor) is like swearing off of something, swearing not to do something wrong again.
After a child has been punished, the person who punished the child might tell the child, "Siye bouch ou atè pou w pa janm fè sa ankò → Swear that you'll never do that again."

2. Li pa't vle dòmi New York, donk li te fè kou l konnen li jwenn yon vòl pou New Jersey jou swa sa a. She didn't want to sleep in New York, so she did her best to get a flight to New Jersey that night.

To lead on (to seduce?) →chame, sedui, file
I'm not sure I totally understand this question you're trying to translate:
"Am I leading you on by talking to you"???? ("Eske mwen chame w lè m pale avè w??")
or are you trying to say:I hope you don't think I'm trying to lead you on by talking to you??? (M'espere ou pa panse m'ap eseye chame w lè m'ap pale ak ou.) ????

The accent on the "e" for "kè" is different than what you have in your question. You have "ké", but you should write "kè". This changes the sound of the letter. You're probably typing alt +130 (aksantegi) instead of alt+138 (aksan grav / aksan fòs).

There are a few Haitian Creole terms (I cannot think of all of them), but if you come up with more, send me a comment and I'll add it to the post.

That's a tough situation, but unfortunately mennaj (menaj, mennay) translates both "boyfriend" and "girlfriend". Perhaps the next time when he talks about his "menaj", you could turn the conversation in English and he will have to SAY "boyfriend" or "girlfriend". Or you could simply ask him for a picture of his "sweetheart:" :)

In your first example "a" indicates that you had talked about this event before. In the sentence it might mean a recap or an update.

1. TiWil te rive a wi. TiWil made it to that place we were talking about. TiWil made it.2. Eske li te ale a? Did she go to that place we talked about? Did she go?3. Eske li te ale Meksiko a? Did she go to the Mexico trip that we talked about? Did she go to that Mexico trip?4. Eske w te fè l la?Did you do the the thing that we talked about? Did you do that thing?5. Eske li te ba ou l la?Did she give you the thing that we talked about? Did she give you that thing?

Your second example seems to be about "la a" which means "here, there, or now"; just as "laba a" it usually carries the article "a".

6.Click
Shortcut Key... (at the bottom of
dialogue box). This will bring up a new dialogue box.

7.You
can now assign new keys. Press and holdCTRL. While holding CTRL first press ` (above tab) and then press e
in that order. Release CTRL. You should see Ctrl+`,E in the “Press new shortcut key:” dialogue box.

You can replace "sa" in "sou sa" with a noun:4.M pa sou jwèt jodi a. - I'm not in the mood to play.M pa sou blag jodi a - I'm not in the mood to joke.M pa sou zafè pale jodi a - I'm not in the mood to talk.M pa sou sa. - I'm not in the moodM pa't sou sa. - I wasn't in the mood.Ou toujou sou rans - You're always in the mood to joke around5.Depi ou wè li pa sou pale, konnen li gen yon problèm.If he's not in the mood to talk, it means that he has a problem.

There are different ways to translate "to turn around" in Haitian Creole. But "turn around" here is translated as "vire"Turn around → vireTurn around and look at me → Vire enpi gade m. You can also say Vire gade m.Turn around and walk the other way. → Vire enpi mache ale nan lòt sans lan. You can also sayVire enpi mache ale laba.

adekè (lit. with two hearts) - with hesitation, with reluctance
It's used to indicate that you're rendering a service, or you're giving something away; but you're doing it without eagerness or willingness.
Example:

1. Si w'ap ede m ak de kè, pito w pa ede m ditou. If you're helping out and you have regret about it, it's better that you don't help me at all.2. Nou bay mandyan an kòb la adekè paske nou pa konnen si se manje oubyen dwòg li pral achte avè l. We gave the beggar the money with reluctance because we don't know whether he's going to use it for food or drugs.

You can use 'MOUN" when indicating origin such asMwen se moun New yorkI am a person of New York (literally)I am from New York.Li se moun Alabama.She is from Alabama.

So yes, it means the same as "Mwen soti New York" or "Mwen soti Alabama"
If you haven't done so already, check this link: Using FROM in Creole
And I have also used "moun" in the audio post titled Nan Estasyon Bis la

Monday, June 17, 2013

"MWEN" can be used as personal pronoun: I or ME
"MWEN" can be replaced with contraction "m".
example:1. Mwen te wè li. or M te wè li.I saw it.

2. Rele mwen lè w rive. or Rele m lè w rive. Call me when you arrive.

"MWEN" can be used as possessives: MY, MINE (singular or plural)
example3. pitit mwen - my child4. pitit mwen yo - my children
Do not use contraction after a word that end with a consonant.
The word "pitit" ends with "t" which is a consonant. So you cannot say "pitit m". You will always say "pitit mwen".

5. pye mwen or pye m - my foot
The word "pye" ends with a vowel "e" which is a vowel, so you can say "pye mwen" or "pye m"

These terms might have different meanings depending on context.
Besides the obvious, you can translate them this way too:Kisa sa fè? (Sa sa fè?) - What does that matter?
andSa'k fè sa? (Kisa ki fè sa?) - Why?

It will matter if you care about being specific.
And anndan mwen (inside of me, within me) and nan mwen (in me, within me) might be translated differently in different contexts and may not be interchangeable at that point.